Hat-pin.



W. R. COLLIER.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2, I9Ie.

1,265,75w. Patented May14,1918.

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WILLIAM REID COLLIER, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HAT-PIN.

Application filed october 2,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM R. COLLIER, a citizen of the United States, residingl at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a newV and useful Hat-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat pins and more particularly to a novel form of guard whereby the point of the pin will be housed while the pin is in use and accidental withdrawal of the pin from the hat prevented and danger of injury being inflicted by the pin being avoided.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will constitute an ornament, which is durable, compact and etlicient, and which can be applied readily to hats of diEere-nt shapes and sizes.

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view showing the device applied.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the structure.

Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof, a portion of the outer spring being broken away and one of the possible ositions of the spring relative to the pin being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. d is an enlarged view partly in elevation and partly in section of one end of the device.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 and 2 designate the end members of the device, it being designed to form these members of any shape and sizes desired. In the present instance the member 2 has been formed to represent an arrow head, while the member 1 has been shaped to represent the tail or feather end or' an arrow. To the back face of the member 1 is hingedly connected an elongated pin 3 and hingedly connected to the back face of the member 2 Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May i4, 1918.

lele. serial no. 123,336.

is a tubular guard or housing A. A rigid stem 5 is extended from the member 1 and a corresponding stem 6 is extended from the member 2. Secured to these stems are the end portions of a flexible elastic shank or body formed of an elongated coiled spring 7 which can be of any suitable resilient material attractive in appearance. Furthermore, secured within each of the stems 5l and 6 are smaller coiled springs 8 which normally meet in the center portion of the spring body 7 as shown particularly in F ig. 3. The springs are so proportioned that when they are in normal positions the point of the pin 3 will be seated in the tubular guard 4.

In using the device the pin 3 is inserted into a hat as ordinarily, after which the member 2 is pulled away from the member 1 so as to elongate the spring body 7, said spring body being caused to rest snugly against the outer surface of the hat. The guard et is then placed over the projecting point of the pin and when the member 2 is released the spring body 7 will draw the guard iirmly onto the point and thus hold the parts properly assembled with the members 1 and 2 and the coiled spring connection 7 exposed upon the outer surface of the hat where they will constitute an ornament. By having the members 1 and 2 hingedly connected to the parts 3 and 4 they are permitted to adjust themselves angularly so as to be properly positioned against the outer surface of the hat. The inner springs 8 serve to stiiien the end portions of the spring body 7 when said spring is elongated, without, however, reducing the flexibility of said coiled spring body to an undesirable extent.

bviously a device such as described can be readily applied to hats of diiierent sizes and in any desired position upon the hat, the members' 1 and 2 and the connection therebetween always adding an attractive touch to the hat.

What is claimed is l. A device of the class described including end members, a tubular guard hingedly connected to the back face of one of the members, a pin hingedly connected to the back face of the other member, a coiled spring fixedly secured at its ends to said members and constituting a flexible elastic connection between the members, said spring forming the body of the device, and sti'ening springs xedly connected to the members and housed within the end portions of Connect-i011 betwsen he mm Said cole; Sp'ing and uormzly meeting at the cent/@ o' the spno'.

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HEILEGBRODT, MCCmLQCH.

the Commissioner of 

